May 18, 2018 — Rockwell Automation will be sharing practical steps to identify and manage security-related safety risks at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2018 conference being held June 3-6 in San Antonio. The event offers education and training on practices and technologies for all levels of safety management. At Safety 2018, Steve Ludwig, program manager at Rockwell Automation, will present “Four Ways Safety Engineers Can Help Mitigate Security-Related Safety Risks.” The session will address the challenges and solutions for managing safety in a converged enterprise and how defense-in-depth security, risk assessments and a holistic safety culture can help impact operational effectiveness.
Attendees will also learn about how to work with IT and OT teams to integrate safety and security to better identify and manage risk. The Rockwell Automation technical session S707 is planned for June 6 at 7:45 a.m. A white paper on the topic titled “Safety Through Security” is available for download here .
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Rockwell Automation is dedicated to industrial automation and information, making its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs approximately 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.